After the Flood: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

An inventive and riveting epic saga, Following the Overflow signals the appearance of a fantastic new talent.

A bit more when compared to a century from now, our world continues to be absolutely transformed. After many years of gradually overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters possess obliterated America’s great seaside cities and then its heartland, leaving only an archipelago of mountaintop colonies encircled by a deep expanse of open water.

Stubbornly 3rd party Myra and her precocious seven-year-old daughter, on the subject of Following the Flood: A Novel Pearl, fish from their little sail boat, the Bird, visiting dried out land and then trade for supplies and information in the few remaining outposts of civilization. For seven years, Myra offers grieved the increased loss of her oldest little girl, Row, who was taken by her dad after a monstrous deluge overtook their house in Nebraska. Then, inside a violent confrontation using a stranger, Myra suddenly discovers that Row was last observed in a far-off encampment close to the Arctic Circle. Throwing aside her usual extreme caution, Myra and Pearl embark on a perilous voyage in to the icy north seas, expecting against wish that Row it’s still there.

On their journey, Myra and Pearl join forces with a larger ship and Myra finds herself bonding with her fellow seekers who hope to create a safe haven collectively with this dangerous ” new world “. But secrets, lust, and betrayals threaten their fantasy, and after their fortunes take a shocking-and bloody-turn, Myra can no longer ignore the query of whether saving Row is worth endangering Pearl and her fellow travelers.

A compulsively listenable book of dark despair and soaring wish, After the Overflow is a magnificent, actions packed, and sometimes frightening odyssey laced with wonder-an affecting and wholly original saga both redemptive and amazing.